Because this would be my first spiceworld event and I really think it would be an amazing experience. As being with my company the shortest I've kinda gotten the short end of the stick on getting a ticket this year (understandably so) this would allow me to go with the rest of my company. I would appreciate it!

Also I'm 22 and married, any form of money I had was spent as soon as the wife got her name on the plastic -_-

Is it because "someone" forgot to renew our BackupExec support this past year, also neglected to remain (somewhat) current on same so we're unable to get BE support and I'm looking at a $1500 bill and thinking really really hard?

And another "someone" decided to virtualize on Xen, which isn't supported on the latest BE product? So, thinking really hard that someone in that fancy Unitrends booth at SpiceWorld might be able to clue me in on where to go before I plunk down some change?

(To be clear, said someone is not me, in any of these decisions. I just get to clean up the mess, it must be in the fine print on my job description.)

VM

EDIT: yet... sadly... our week-long all-staff meeting at Monterey, CA has sprouted tentacles, and I am unable to attend SpiceWorks, even if I had a ticket....(sigh, I guess I will have to make the best of the beautiful seaside location)

I would love to go to SpiceWorld from what I hear it’s amazing. Working for a non-profit it’s hard to get funding unless it’s in the budget a year or so ahead of time. If I could afford to pay my own way I would but that’s not in the cards.

It’s not that I don’t make the money to afford to go it’s a matter of priorities. My son Noah is 5, when he was 2 he was diagnosed with Autism, which was a hard pill to swallow. However what was worse is when we found that treatment for Autism in our state was not covered by insurance, Applied Behavior Analysis the only proven treatment was not covered because it was considered experimental.

The program Noah is in, is part of the Children’s Hospital of Michigan, we currently pay $5,000.00 a month. We don’t live like we use to, we don’t eat out, we don’t vacation, and we work extra odd jobs, not to mention fundraisers we put on. I can say that Noah has shown great gains in the time he has been in therapy. I would do it all again in a heartbeat if I needed to.
The good news is our insurance will be required to cover some of the costs of Noah’s treatment starting in October. I don’t think we could be more excited about the relief in sight.

Me - I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
Coworkers - He's just a poor boy from a poor family. Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Me - Easy come easy go - will you let me go
Boss - No - we will not let you go

I think I should win because, I have just started to work with IT computers and would love to go to SpiceWorld 2012 so I can get an experience I will never forget and maybe meet many others people that's working with IT too :)

A huge thank you goes out to everyone who submitted an entry. There were some that pulled at our heartstrings and many that made us laugh. Judging was based upon a combination of SpiceVotes and the rankings by a panel of Unitrends employees.

Ultimately, there could only be one winner, and we're happy to announce that Mark7847 is the winner!!!! Congratulations, and we can't wait to see you in Austin!

I learned and started in IT in Austin when IBM was king and Michael Dell was selling computers from his dorm.. Back then sharing of tricks, scripts, and how-to was just not done so there was a lot of hands-on trial and error. Meeting the people and "spiceheads" that have made IT fun again and help spread the knowledge would be very rewarding to this old-timer.